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تشنگی

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Persian

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Etymology

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From تشنه (tešne) +‎ ـگی (-gi).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tašnagī
Dari reading? tašnagī
Iranian reading? tešnagi
Tajik reading? tašnagi

Noun

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Dari تشنگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik ташнагӣ

تشنگی (tešnegi)

  1. thirst
  2. (figurative) craving, thirst (for)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 100:
      هر دم از تشنگی وصل مزن تیغ جفا
      که دگر آرزوی آب زلالست مرا
      har dam az tašnagī-yi wasl mazan tēğ-i jafā
      ki digar ārzū-yi āb-i zulāl ast ma-rā
      Do not strike iniquity's blade at each moment because of my thirst for reunion [with you],
      For I also have a desire for limpid water.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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